Gabriel Rocheleau
Software Engineer at Rockwater Capital Inc.
Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolGabriel Rocheleau is a software engineer with a decade of experience specializing in Ethereum, smart contracts, and backend systems for decentralized finance. He currently contributes to the Ethereum Foundation while leading DeFi R&D at Avantgarde Finance and running Rockwater Capital, blending protocol-level engineering with product-focused Web3 consulting. His open-source work includes testing and hardening Enzyme Protocol components and adding Consensus RPC functionality to the widely used ethereumjs monorepo, reflecting both deep protocol knowledge and API-level engineering. Previously a smart contract engineer at Enzyme, he has a practical track record of designing, testing, and validating core DeFi primitives like fee settlement, policy management, and dispatch mechanisms. Trained in actuarial science at Université Laval, he brings quantitative rigor and a risk-aware mindset to building secure, auditable blockchain systems. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic solutions that bridge formal protocol correctness and real-world DeFi product needs.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Actuarial Science, Bachelor's degree, Actuarial Science at Université Laval
Github Skills (13)
json-rpc10
smart-contracts10
typescript10
protocols10
typescripts10
solidity10
back-end-development10
ethereum10
blockchain10
typescript-types10
testing10
dispatcher9
dispatch9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
ethereumjs/ethereumjs-monorepo
May 2021 - Jan 2023
Monorepo for the Ethereum VM TypeScript Implementation
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:754 reviews, 191 commits, 282 PRs in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Gabriel primarily contributed to the development of RPC (Remote Procedure Call) functionalities for the EthereumJS monorepo. Their work focused on implementing a new Consensus RPC namespace and adding several related JSON-RPC methods, specifically for setting the head of the chain. They also added validation steps and tests for these methods. The contributions indicate a focus on building the back-end API layer for the Ethereum client.
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enzymefinance/protocol
Nov 2020 - Nov 2022
Enzyme Protocol Implementation
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:25 commits in 2 years
Contributions summary:Gabriel primarily focused on testing the Enzyme Protocol implementation, specifically the Fee Manager functionality. Their contributions involved writing comprehensive tests to ensure the correct behavior of fee settlement types, configuration, and event emissions. The commits also included tests for the Policy Manager and Dispatcher components, demonstrating a broad understanding of the protocol's core functionalities and their interactions. They also added new tests for other components, such as Dispatcher and Integration Manager.
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